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LOSS AND GAIN.

10 not count, when day is DER,
Daily loss from lifs's rich store;
But the gains, however small
Count them daily, one and all,
Every sweet and gracious word,
Every pleasant truth you've heard
Every tender glance and tone,
Every kindly deed you've known;
Every duty nobly done.
Every rightful victory won
Treasure all and count them DER
As miser counts his store.
But II bitter word or thought
Have bitter harvest brought;
II some foeman hath assailed you,
Or the friends most trusted failed you,
II unkindnets and untruth
Have to you brought saddest truth,
Blot the score without delay
Keep no record OF the day.
Keep no record OF the care,
Loss and cross we all must bear;
On the page OF memory write
Only what is fair and bright,
Let all evil things go by;
Still, with bravo endeavor, try
Simply Joys to multiply.
Thus you'll learn how large sum
VIII with faithful reckoning come,
Long as after cloud and rain
Blessed sunshine comes again,
Long as after winters gloom
Summer roses bud and bloom
Long as we have with us here
One BAD heart that we may cheer
Love as love Gilds sorrows cross.
Life's rich gain DER pays the loss.
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The Fear Of the Dead in China.

The great overruling superstitions
OF China are, however, the fear OF the
dead and the belief in Feng- Shut. The
latter word means literally "wind and
water" and seems to typify both the
good and the baneful influences of
| physical phenomena. 1t is the exist
ence of these two superstitions which
really forms the barrier to progress in
China, because they interfere with the
reception OF foreign ideas and the de
velopment of industrial projects in
mining, railway making, and so forth.
Feng-Shui is befined, says the Roman
Catholic Bishop OF Ningpo, as "the
path OF the Great Dragon, who rushes
through the air just above the houses,
spouting blessings in showers from his
nostrils. He flies straight forward.
unless by evil chance he should strike
against some high building, in which
case he turns aside at an angle, and so
the houses beyond lose their share of
his blessing. Hence the jealous care
Of the Chinese house builders lest any
one should build a house higher than
his neighbor, and the singular uni.
formity of domestic architecture"
The fear of the dead leads to the
most slavish form of ancestor wor-
ship, and the three first weeks of April
are specially devoted to the service OF
the shades. At that time every one
visits the graves of his relations with
offerings, carried on trays or in bask-
cts. The cost of these annual
services and offerings to tho dead is
stated by Miss Gordon Cumming to
be not less than thirty-two millions
sterling, oil to propitiate the spirits
of those whose graves cover the coun-
try. and who are believed to be pow
erful for evil if neglected. The dead
are even honored by the bestowal Of
new titles il there is special reason for
distinguishing them.-All the Year
Roand.
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At length the old doctor joyfully
gave u glimmer OF hope; then again
came the dull despair, and a long
fierce struggle between death and life.
AS the first light of dawn showed in
the sky, DR.. Holmes turned to the
pale girl and said: "He is sleeping.
We can tell nothing till he wakes; SO
60 and rest, for if he begins to improve
you'll have your hands full, and any
way, you mustn't get ILL.," With
faint remonstrance Hazel obeyed, ,and
laid down on couch near the door,
there not to sleep, but to listen in
tently for every sound.
All was still, save for the quiet, reg
ular breathing that made her heart
rejoice, and the ticking of the tall
clock. When a struggling beam of
sunlight fell through the window, she
stole quietly into the room, where she
stood by the bedside, anxiously re-
garding the worn yet peaceful face OF
the sleeper.
Suddenly his eyes flew open, and
looking wonderingly at the two SOBER
faces before him, he held out his hand
to Hazel, saying helplessly, "Youh have
come to say goodby.' Don't be cold,
Hazel; let me leave the world with a
pleasant remembrance" The pleading
tone and look were to much, and she
leaned down and kissed the pale face.
saying heartily, 'It Is not 'goodby,'
but welcome back to life and happi-
ness" The astonished doctor, begin
ing to comprehend the situation, went
softly away, and cautiously wiping
his eyes he thought OF his own youth.
Asking no questions, the weak man
held Iazel's hand, and listened with
eager eyes. as she told him OF her long
ing for him, and her fears that she had
forfeited his love. Finally she said
gayly, II seem to do all the wooing,
but you'll forgive me, dear heart" and
as he drew her down to look the pas
sion he could not speak, the sun burst
from the clouds and cast an effulgence
of light through the room, shedding
his blessings on the heads Of the hap:
py loYers.-"H. M. j." in Boston Bud
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me from the bleak winds. There
companionship. But it was brok-
en- sleep. The deepening chill drove
many forth to take the ga atments
of those who could no longer need them,
that they might keep Themselves alive.
| More than once I was startled from my
| unrest by some one turning back the
| coat skirt from my face. peering, hall
| vampire-ike, to my fancy, through the
darkness, to discover if it too were OF
| the silent and unresisting; turning away
more Disconnected at my living word
| than if q voice had spoken from the
dead.
Having held our places all the night
| we had to keep to them all tie l.Dfe
closely the next day; for it would be
certain death to attempt to move away.
As it was, it was only bv making breast
| works and barricades of the dead nlen
that covered the field that we saved
any alive. We did what we could to
take a record of these men. A Testa-
| ment that had fallen from the breast
pocket of the soldier who had been my
| pillow I sent soon after to his home
he was not of my command-and it pro-
we'd to be the only clue his parents ever
had to his fate.
The next midnight, after 36 hours of
this narrowing work, we were bidden
to withdraw into the town for refresh
ment and rest. But neither rest nor
motion was to be thought of till we had
paid fitting honor to our dead. We laid
them on the spot WHARF thay had won
on the sheltered edge of the crest, and
committed their noble forms to tho
earth, and their story to their country's
keeping.
GIVE buried them darkly, at dead of night,
The sod with our bayonets turning"
Splinters of boards, torn by shot and
shell from the fences we had crossed,
served as headstones, each name hur-
riedly carved under brief match lights,
anxiously hidden from the foe. 1t was
strange scene around that silent and
shadowy sepulture. ave will give them
starlight burial" it was said; but
heaven ordained more sublime 1llu-
mination. AS we bore them in dark and
sad procession their own loved North
took up the escort, and, lifting all her
glorious lights, led the triumphal march
over the bridge that spans the worlds
an aurora borealis of marvellous majesty!
Fiery lances and banners of blood and
fame, columns of pearly light, garlands
and wreaths of gold, all pointing up
ward and beckoning on. Would you
not pass on as they did, dead for their
country's lie, and lighte to burial by
the meteor splendors of their native sky?
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Funny Things in Mexico.

Almost as good as hacienda bull
fight is the spectacle OF an Indian
coachman in English livery. The
dark face OF the somewhat diminutive
Aztec under tall hat, his slight form
incased in thick cloth coat, make
up picture for q comic artist. Add
a footman in the same stiff livery,
and the sight is provokingly funny.
Both sit. as per instructions, grimly
on the box, and they essay that WHICH
is impossiblesto ,them--an 71(
indiderent cir (which il reliE ~ q
grid 4t the corners of thdz - - II I
There i, too. ashopelsss 500 - 36z1X
or1ths poor fellows faces, as if they
w,re inwardly saying. 1--WE don't ike
this sort OF thing. you must see, and
only wish we were back in our sombre-
ros and short Jackets" in which these
men always look artistically pictur-
esque. 1t is mistake to Introduce
English livery into this country.
The men are not suited to it, and it
only ends in giving them a ludicrous
air, which adds nothing to the vehicu-
lar display.
There are some minor points OF GUS
toms here which strike an American
oddly. For example, it seems queer
to purchase sage for the dressing Of r
fowl at the apothecary shops, to which
one must also 60 for soda for cooking.
Shoe-stores do not have shoe-horns
in stock, but you are referred from
them to the hardware store. An
sapothecary does not sell whole pack
ages; that as, you cannot buy a bottle
of patent medicine at your apothe-
cary's, but you must GO to a whole
sale drug store. Rope takes the place
of nails i'll temporary structures, and
carpenters or masons erect staglngs
tied with cord for their work, and it is
rare that one of these stagings falls,
the cord making a stronger comblna-
tion than nails. This is All idea that
might be copied in the states. Milk
is milked directly from the COW, at
the big city daries into the cooks
pitcher, thus making sure that even
if the COW has been watered the milk
has neutrality-suspicious. New York
Star.
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When Jacob Schaelkopf, the millions
aire tanner of Buffalo, took his wife
around to look at q $500, 900 resi-
dence which he recently bought, her
only criticism was that she was afraid
il she lived there she ''would have to
keep girl"
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"Why is It," said husband to his
vie, 'that married women, as a rule,
are such terrible gossipers?" ssBe.
cause they find such attentive listen
ers in their husbands" replied the la
dy easily. !;
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Homemade Refrigerator.

A homemade refrigerator does not
cost much beyond a little work, says
writer in the Inter- Ocean, and will
soon pay for the expense connected
with it by the amount of food pre-
served from waste. Any one who can
get ice regularly should manage to
have o refrigerator ofsome kind. One
that worked we'll was made as follows.
Two good stout dry go ods boxes were
procured, one three or four inches
smaller than the other. Some saw
dust was spread on the bottom of the
larger box, and the smaller one placed
upon it. At either end bore holes
three. e.quarters OF an inch In diameter
through both boxes and insert a roll
of stiff pasteboard in them for venti-
lators. Fit lids to the top of each
box to open on hinges. Fill IN be-
tween the boxes with sawdust. Put
shelves at either end OF the inner box,
leaving a space in the middle Tor ice,
which can be kept in q large pan or
mil
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-12-22
Tho Sad styry ur Kat,dll And n,l,x


A Now York woman had two pet birds
. OF tho canary variety, Kstydid ard Billy.
She loved them, pet.od them and when
the shades Of night we're falling fsut,'
kissed thom foadly and put them to bsd
on their little psrch. Whether 1t vas
this tender exhibition Of affection, or the
early morning chirping OF the birds, or a
d!sordored liver or something else equally
upsstting, woman in tho sams house laid
, violent hands on tho birds and took away
their little lives.
Then there was scene in court, width.
or the late owner Of the deceased went
with their precious remains, tho one in 8
plush-coyetcd, silyer.bound casket, the
other In a bottle. Tho Judge was 80 at.
iec!el by this no7el sight and by the hot
teara Of the bereaved, that no sent the
other womsn-!he red-handed murderer,
80 to spesk-to tho penitertiary for a long,
long month. :"
Tho woman who killedthe birdsand gave
New York justice chance to vindicats It.
selt should have bribed Aldermen, or had
horselt incorporated as company to kill
canaries. In either case she would not
have been railroaded through as she was,
and If she had been sentenced to the peni.
Tertiary she never would have reached
there. Why will intelligent persons 50
! on making tbsee mistakes?
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WASHINGTON {, TO CLEVELAND v
An Aged Tyler County Woman Who IIn
Lived Under nil tho Admin strntious.t n

An Aged Tyler County Woman Who Has
Lived Under all tho Administrators.
+ Mrs. Sarah Mccoy died at her home
near siBtersville, Tyler county, last week.
Mrs. McCoywaa ono Of the oldest residents
Of this section Of the country. The Dem.
otrdt, in chronlcllng her death, says:
She was born In Brooke county, W. Va,
In 1903; she came to this place with her
fathers family Of twenty-five children In
1906. Sho was the mother OF eight chill.
dren, ok OF whom are dead. She has
been widow since 1885. As a child che
gathered wild flowers where tho stree.s OF
tho town now arc. She attended echool
In the old houee the very sight OF which
10 gone-engulfed by tho river. She cav
tho keel boats float down tho river,
then narrow and deep stream.
She has seen tho fist boat super.
Hsded by the steamer, magnificent
floating palace. Again, nhe saw tho steam.
er partially fall into dlAuae by the railroad.
She has seen tho log cabin with ite punch.
con floors replaced by elegant houueH
With carpeted floors and fine furniture.
The linaey dreso has given place to silks
and .satins, and tho handkerchief tied
over tho head Is replaced by the artistic
hat or bonnet. She has lived under every
PRECEDENT Of tho United States from
George Washington 10 Grover Cleveland
slstersville, she Haw planted in the viii
dernees when Bhe was child, and hunted
ground berries" among the corn, where
now etand substantial houIes and hand
come BtoreB. aITt'E NEf4s CO n, "a.
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A Ee,y Yerbnl sunrea.

lotIh'S companion.
The popularity OF Peter Piper's celebrst
ed peck OF picked peppers will probably
never wane 40 q enare to catch the tongue
that would fain be agile; but that test has
formidable rivals. Tho following shorl
sentences, as their author msintsine, dc
wonders in battling the ordinary powers o.
speech: S''''
Gaze on the gay gray brigade.
The sss cesaeth, and it snilicsth US, :.
Say, should auch shapely cash shabby
stitches chow? as. VIII =
Strange strategic statistics.
Cassell'e solicitor alyly elcshes aloe,
Givo Grimes Jim's great gilt gig whip.
rlowiy. =
She sells aca shelle.
lAcup Of coffee in a copper coffee cup.
smiths spirit flask Dpit Philips sixth
Sisters fifth equirrel'g skull.
the Leith police diamisssth us.
MIR. Fisk wished to whisk whisky.
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clipper. AT these parties the octagon
9uadrille often plays a conspicuous part.
It 10 danced by eight couples standing in

Az ~ e"HS'N - tSiBus SouPAoo nthuuluk AZ
! In!connection with the holly, which
figures 90 conspicuously in all our Christ.
mas decorations, we find q quaint old con.
colt chronicled, that every holly Dough
and lump Of berries, with which you sdorn
your house, 10 m act OF natural piety %
well as beauty, and will In summer enable
you TO relish that green world oil which
you nhow yourrelt not unworthy. In
Germany and Scandinavia tho holly or
holly tree, Is called "Chris.'s thorn, from
itg uso In church decorations, and because
1t bears Ito berries q! Ohri,tinas!ide. 9'9
Here is recipe for the famous "Old
Virginia Christmas cake" One pound Of
Drowned -four, one pound OF butter, yolks
Of twenty.iour eggs, one pound OF sugar,
half pint Of molasses, six tablespoons Of
coarse flour, four pounds Of seeded ralsins,
halt pound Of currants, hall q pound Of
clifton, bali pound Of almonda, two
tablespoons Of ground coffee, ono table.
spoon each Of extract Of vanilla, allapicc,
cloves, mace and nutmegs, one glass Of
brandy. Bake In slow oven for six
hours. leo handsomely. This cake will!
keep year, aud will bs nil the better II
made several weeks before Christmas.
To Germany the civilized world Is In
debtod for ono Of the most enjoyable o!
all Christmas delights, the Chriatmas tree
This cuatom was little known In England
before the marriage OF Queen Victoria, and
was, wo bslive, introduced by tho late
Prince COMFORT. We call 1t a gift from
Germany, and jet, behind the quainI
figure OF Kris Kringle, coming from the
snowy woodr, with the tree rising high
above bis genial shoulders, laden with
gifts and glittering with lanterns, ss be
suddenly invsdes tho lowly German cot
tags on kindly Grand bent, we see the vol
more ancient pine tree, hung with oscilla,
which boyn and girls in ancient Rome
looked Tor on the sixth and seventh day,
Of tho saturnalla. But we, who ore no,
aut!qusriep, arc content to except thes,
cuetomg, come whence they may, and tt
improve on them II We can, A wide pul
10 fixed between the Puritanic days, wher
Chriatmas was frowned upon AS remnan
Of the evil superstition, and to-day, wher
nothing 10 too rare or good for the maxim,
Of our homes bright and cur aanctuayel
beautiful in honor OF the author OF tht
ChriAtiau Feat. Wherever civilized mar
Is found, there, in ono form or another
VIC find the tokens Of alteration and graft
| tr1n .|..aI ..-- - r.
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Gl i; GxttdLliTg|e1tee1;>
WHEELING, W. VA, DECEMBER ~, 1887
Foreign Liasn Va. Home Made Cotton

.sm#.. .
The Colcraine, ireland, Chronicle, com.
menting on Clevelanda message, eayu:
"in Ulster 1t 10 inferred that II thiu wise
policy DO approved and adopted by the
United stateg, the Irish linen trade will
be benefited. A reduction OF tho tariff
on linen would enable tho linen manufac.
turers to cope under more equal termn
with tho cotton manufacturers, and thu.
as.lmuluu would bs given to the staple
Industry Of the province Of Ulster"
This Is a clear and plain proposition.
Who can blNme the people Of Ulater for
rejoicing over tho sugsention OF tho head
o. foreign government that his country
shall do for Ulster whhs tho Britiah Gov
eminent ia unable to do?-.sviye lis once
grest industry. There ia no American
who would not BIO glad TO see revived the
linen industry and all the industries pros.
trsted, al every Irshman knowp, by the
British policy Of free trade.
But OF what coat arc we asked 10 hid in
this revival? 1rish linen manufacturers
arc to DO enabled, by tho policy OF Preai.
dent Cleveland, TO compete more succeps.
fully with the cotton manufacturer oil
tho United States. Tho labor OF British
subjects Is to be ioatersd at the expense Of
tbs mon and women now engaged in the
manufacture OF cotton fabIica in the
United States. Not only this. Az the
foreign linen works its way into the
United States 1t taEss tho place OF it,
oquivAlsntin raw cotton; the home de.
mand for cotton falls, price with it, snd
tho British manufacturer OF cotton fabric.
pays less to the American cotton planter
loi the raw material.
by pursuing the policy which President
Cleveland condemns rs bsing false
national economy and impoverishing the
people, wehave amused q national wealth
o!Uo,OOO millions, making us the richer! OIL
the nationa Of the earth, have taken care
OF national deb! Of 5000 millons and
poured into poor, oppressed Ireland q
Steady stream OF money to keep the vol
from her door and aid her in her desper.
ate struggle for existence against the
tyranny Of British landlords and Of tho
English Government.
The friends Of protection have nothing
+: to regret, except that they have moi
pushed their policy for enough no o.he,
purpose than to stand by their guns until
tho policy OF protection to American in.
dustrles shall DO go firmly rooted in the
confidence Of the people that no politician
will dare to raise his voice against 1t. We
are coming to that time.
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TIE Cleveland, Lorain & Wheeling
Railroad Company will sell Excursion
Tickets during tho Christmas holidsyo tc
Cleveland and between all stations on its
road excepting between citations on Bel.
leire and Marlin'n Ferry branch) one
single trip fare Tor the round trip. a
To ticket sold for less than ten no.
cents. Local tickete will be good going
December q, 90 and 81, 1887, and good to
return December 90, 1887, 10 January g
1883, inclusive. Cleveland tickets good
for return December "a, 1887, to January
8, 1883, inc!uniye,
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CHRISTMAS SUGGESTIONS.

Invitations arc hutterins for Chsistmas
4 week Of country houses, and there are
probably many prayers lor the right kind
; OF weather. N d. 's,2.T7 I
S Milsdy will give hor lorvanss Christ
: mas ball this year at hir country house
and has asked friends ttas,ist her In look
ing at the festivities. ,i5N - =
! The signi6capcs OF tho music at g recspi
: wedding has led to trouble, and the or.
g!aniss shows note asking him to give tho
e oblecsed.to selections. ;,.f,ls. e 4
Musical decanters, work. baekets and al.
I bums, although not novelties any more,
come IN new paIter1s and designs this
season for appropriate Christmas pres.
Il Some elegant walking cos!umee are seen
y OF black goods, with the front, sides and
waist trimmed with India uhawl material,
\ the wearers Of whIh look as il they were
very confronted. s5s555 l's 5,S
A store closet opening from the kitchen
] keops the atmosphere dry, and articles are
i leas liable to gather dampness and mould
1 a cool and dry place is Indispensable for
& q store room. A small window over the
: door secures coolness and fresh air.
Il Easels Of white enamelled wood, in.
& laid with god. aud having rollere, arc
ssesn, but do not suggeas Themselves 10 peo.
/ pie who 60 through lille with tho idea that
papa's trousers should ultimately be cut
! ior brother. In short, they are too expen.
niyo In ths case Of FIRE. 55f.,51$
n, Mamma" eaid, Philadelphia pirl
what would BIO an appropriate present to
gagged yet" Ii, ft1's35'2S. - i1sS".5s
u Hog 4, long has he bsen calling upon
E"About two yesrs."
"Then I think a pretty plain hint will
=. pe the proper thing to give him."
81 a Cinderella p,rty, or $'..small and
early" as 1t IL sometimes called, for young
people, 10 one Of the favorits ways recently
devised for Christmas entertainment, The
dancing stops at midnight, whom all the
Otnderellas munt hasten home. 10 re-.
mind them Of the midnight hour /! the
dancing books are ornamented with q tiny